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. 1989 Jul;27(7):1675-7.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.27.7.1675-1677.1989.

Latex agglutination test for detection of Escherichia coli serotype O157

S B March  1 , S Ratnam
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Latex agglutination test for detection of Escherichia coli serotype O157

S B March et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1989 Jul.

Abstract

The value of a latex agglutination test (Escherichia coli O157 latex test; Oxoid Ltd.) for rapid presumptive detection of E. coli serotype O157:H7 was determined by laboratory trials and during an outbreak of hemorrhagic colitis. The latex test was found to be a simple, highly efficient and reliable test in detecting E. coli O157:H7 with 100% sensitivity and specificity. It was also found that sorbitol-MacConkey agar cultures were not as useful for food samples as they were for fecal specimens in screening for E. coli O157:H7, but the use of the latex screen was particularly efficient in this setting.

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